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  Category: Division of Watershed Stewardship


DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship Reclaim Our River program’s third-annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta set for Saturday, Aug. 6 on the Nanticoke

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, August 4, 2016

BLADES, Del. – The third annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta – presented by the Delaware Nature Society’s Abbott’s Mill Nature Center, in conjunction with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Reclaim Our River Program, the Town of Blades and the Nanticoke River Sail & Power Squadron – will cast off Saturday, Aug. 6 at the Nanticoke River Public Marine Park, 26 N. Market Street, Blades, DE 19973.




DNREC honors Delaware’s 2016 Wetland Warriors at State Fair

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2016

Governor Markell and DNREC Secretary Small honored wetland professional and geologist Bartholomew Wilson and teachers Robin Moxley and Patricia Bear as Delaware’s 2016 Wetland Warriors for their efforts to conserve and restore wetlands and to educate young Delawareans about the importance of these vital areas.




State Fairgoers vote Saint Thomas More Academy student’s artwork first-place winner in youth rain barrel painting contest

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2016

Governor Markell and DNREC officials have announced the winning barrel in this year’s youth rain barrel painting contest, “Tiki – H2O Progenitor,” painted by Kara Scarangella, a high school sophomore at St. Thomas More Academy, Magnolia.




Annual Wade-In and issuing of Nanticoke River Report Card ‘grades’ set for Thursday, July 28 at Trap Pond State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2016

The Nanticoke Watershed Alliance (NWA) in partnership with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship invites the public to join in celebration of the Nanticoke River and learn more about its current health and water quality issues at the annual Nanticoke Wade-In. This year’s event to be held Thursday, July 28 from 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at Trap Pond State Park near Laurel.




DelDOT, DNREC begin reconstruction at Hearns Pond Dam near Seaford

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Department of Transportation | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, July 25, 2016

State officials joined local residents for a briefing on the project to rehabilitate the aging Hearns Pond Dam and bring it into compliance with Delaware’s Dam Safety Regulations. The dam is the state’s top priority for improvements based on the risk to downstream communities and infrastructure should the dam fail.







  Category: Division of Watershed Stewardship

DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship Reclaim Our River program’s third-annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta set for Saturday, Aug. 6 on the Nanticoke

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, August 4, 2016

BLADES, Del. – The third annual Recycled Cardboard Boat Regatta – presented by the Delaware Nature Society’s Abbott’s Mill Nature Center, in conjunction with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Reclaim Our River Program, the Town of Blades and the Nanticoke River Sail & Power Squadron – will cast off Saturday, Aug. 6 at the Nanticoke River Public Marine Park, 26 N. Market Street, Blades, DE 19973.




DNREC honors Delaware’s 2016 Wetland Warriors at State Fair

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2016

Governor Markell and DNREC Secretary Small honored wetland professional and geologist Bartholomew Wilson and teachers Robin Moxley and Patricia Bear as Delaware’s 2016 Wetland Warriors for their efforts to conserve and restore wetlands and to educate young Delawareans about the importance of these vital areas.




State Fairgoers vote Saint Thomas More Academy student’s artwork first-place winner in youth rain barrel painting contest

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2016

Governor Markell and DNREC officials have announced the winning barrel in this year’s youth rain barrel painting contest, “Tiki – H2O Progenitor,” painted by Kara Scarangella, a high school sophomore at St. Thomas More Academy, Magnolia.




Annual Wade-In and issuing of Nanticoke River Report Card ‘grades’ set for Thursday, July 28 at Trap Pond State Park

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2016

The Nanticoke Watershed Alliance (NWA) in partnership with DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship invites the public to join in celebration of the Nanticoke River and learn more about its current health and water quality issues at the annual Nanticoke Wade-In. This year’s event to be held Thursday, July 28 from 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. at Trap Pond State Park near Laurel.




DelDOT, DNREC begin reconstruction at Hearns Pond Dam near Seaford

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Department of Transportation | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Watershed Stewardship | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, July 25, 2016

State officials joined local residents for a briefing on the project to rehabilitate the aging Hearns Pond Dam and bring it into compliance with Delaware’s Dam Safety Regulations. The dam is the state’s top priority for improvements based on the risk to downstream communities and infrastructure should the dam fail.